The wall is finished!

Man this project was a project and a half! It took far longer than I thought it would but I am excited now that it is done. It was time consuming but only took two days working here and there. With a busy little boy, I didn't work on it while he was awake. He would have been lots of help but decided to wait til he was sleeping... :)So after two nights and a little bit in the day- its all finished! It added a lot to the room.

I traced the pattern on the wall first with a pencil. Then I painted inside the pencil lines.

Tips I learned a long the way:
-I was worried about the imperfections standing out and not looking perfect where I just painted over traced lines. In the end you really don't even notice so don't let that stop you! :)
-Trace the pencil lines as lightly as you can so you don't see them through the paint.
-I used a foam paint brush because I felt like I could get it to cover more evenly. Any brush is fine but I like the foam brush the best.

I used the stencil template from here. I loved that I was able to print it out, trace it on cardboard and get going. I also loved that this project cost me nothing!! Even better. I will post another picture later as I get the decor put back up. I'm repainting the mirror right now because I don't like the color on top of the stenciled wall... Anyways, soon I will have it all finished!

Have a great day!!

What was I thinking....

I have wanted to stencil a wall and kept putting it off. I decided yesterday was the day and I was going to do it.... Well needless to say its taking forever. :/ I only get a few minutes in here or there with a busy little boy on my hands... Maybe today during naps I can get a little further.... Or change my mind and paint tan over it and call it good. :) Guess we will see...

Have a great Monday!

Yellow vase redo...

I found this cute yellow vase and didn't know what to put in it... I had these brown twig things (don't know what they are really called :) ) but they did not look the way I wanted them to. They lasted about a day til I figured out something new.

I decided to make paper flowers out of an old book. I like it lots lots better! I put paper in the bottom to prop the styrofoam ball up.

Then I started pinning the flowers in. I decided if i just pinned them in, I could pull them out and use the ball for sometihng later if I wanted to.

I think it turned out much better than the look before or staying the empty that it has been for two months. :)

Have a great Wednesday!

Porch Makeover. Well sorta....

I don't really have a porch necessarily.... But still wanted to find some way to make the entry into my house inviting and fun. I went to a few yard sales last weekend and found this planter and knew it was perfect. I had a hole under the tree that needed something and this worked perfect. So with new planter and the wreath I made for the door plus the house number on the door I feel like it looks a lot better.

Have a great day! I'm off to clean our camp trailer... :/ A camping trip this weekend and next!

Old window redo

My uncle had given me a few old window frames and I had been trying to decide what to do with them. One I ended up doing a family subway art with words all about our family(don't really know how to post it and show you where it has our address, town, first and last names etc. Maybe I'll post a list of what I did or something.) Anyways... The second one I decided to turn into a collage of Baby B's pictures. He is turning one tomorrow and it is so crazy how fast the last year has gone and how much he has grown. So I saw this quote- "In photos babies stay babies forever" and loved it. A few of my friends have also done things in their house with the same idea and quote. So here is the final project. Makes me realize how big Baby B has gotten!

Have a great day! :)

Entryway Table

Hello! :) I haven't posted in forever... We have had a busy last bit with moving, having a yard sale and keeping up with life in general. I'm back and will be posting more! :)

I found this pink table at DI for $18 and knew I had to have it. I had been looking for an entryway table and when I saw this I knew it would work perfect for the space I wanted to fill. I was originally looking for a longer table but this turned out lots better than I thought it would.

Before:

After:

I am excited with my new entryway table and feel like my house is finally getting decorated. Have a great day!

Inventory Sheet and Food Storage

Hello! After we moved I felt like our stockpile/food storage was a huge mess and I finally have it organized somewhat and the inventory sheet updated. (Expect for my Walgreens trip today...)

I started with a blank inventory sheet that I made. It had mostly non-food items on it. (If you would like me to e-mail it to you so you can just go in and add or delete a few things, let me know and I would be happy to e-mail it to you! :) )

Here it is after it is filled in...

These are some of the pictures of our stockpile/food storage. I love to shop sales with coupons so I don't have to pay full price for things. I also think it is important to have a storage because you never know what could happen and if you would be able to get to the store to get things. For the town I live in, if some major event happen and everyone ran to the store, our stores would only provide enough of everything for each person to have enough for a day and a half. That is scary to me! I like having a storage and knowing I'm prepared. Also, I write on the inventory sheet with pencil so I can update the sheet as numbers change. You could also put in a frame and use dry erase markers...

Baby B likes this part of the storage the best! :)

(Bottles of peaches, green beans and tomatoes that I bottled last fall)

There it is! I hope this has helped others get an idea on where to start on organizing food storage and knowing what you have.

Have a great Monday! :) Were off to play in the sunshine since its not raining for the first day in a week or two....

Closing on our house!

We're headed to close on our new house! So a post will come later today. Sorry not this morning.... But when I come back I will own a different house! Yippee!! :)